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Dear Editor,

The Fair Tax is a proposed nation-wide sales tax that will become the means to fund the federal government, after the IRS has been abolished and the 16th Amendment rescinded!

The Fair Tax is a flat tax that will be paid on the purchase of all new goods and services. The tax would apply to all purchases of new goods at retail and all services such as a visit to your doctor or a visit from your plumber. It is proposed to start at 23 percent, but would be adjusted up or down as need be. It would be revenue neutral – designed to bring in the same amount of revenue as the IRS.

The beauty of the Fair Tax is that with the monthly pre-bate feature, those families at the bottom of our economy wouldn’t have to pay any taxes at all. This is because the government would send a check at the beginning of every month in an amount to cover the taxes paid on the essentials up to the poverty line. This would go to every citizen head-ofhousehold based on the number in the household.

Think about how nice it would be to get a paycheck without anything taken out of it. You only pay taxes when you buy something new at retail – new car, new house, etc. – or get a service. (Taxes on the essentials – food, clothing, shelter, medical, etc. – are covered by that pre-bate.)

Wouldn’t it be great to not have to bother with filling out the income tax! With a flat tax, all the loopholes disappear. The playing field would be leveled. Lobbyists would not be able to engineer a tax break for their clients. Our exports would leave our shores without any tax burden!